About Northwest Weather:

Welcome to Northwest Weather! This website displays live data from a personal weather station at Dodds Hollow Rd, Merrill, OR.

The weather station in use is the OR Scientific Weather WMR100, and these pages are updated every 15 minutes. The meteorological day used at this station ends at midnight.

Disclaimer:

It is not advised to make important decisions based on the weather information published on this website. Data readings supplied here may differ from other values gathered in the same area due to data estimation and natural weather variation. No responsibility whatsoever will be taken for misinterpetation of any data supplied or the author's unintentional errors and inaccuracies.

Site Details:

This weather station has been active since December 2017. Cumulus Weather Station Software Version 1.9.4 is currently used to record data entries and power these web pages. Cumulus Software A link to a comprehensive database of this station has been posted on the Records page.

All outdoor sensors communicate wirelessly with an indoor base station (see below for a detailed review of the sensors), and software which continually uploads the live data to the web. The sensors receive diligent maintenance several times a year. This advanced station is located in beautiful southern Oregon (photos), in the Klamath Valley Basin at latitude N 42° 02' 21", longitude W 121° 32' 22", and elevation 4170 feet.

Northwest Weather:

Northwest Weather is a Catholic operation of private weather stations based in southern Oregon. Do you have comments or questions about Northwest Weather, or cannot find the data (graphs, hourly data, etc) that you need here? Don't hesitate to contact us through the feed-back page. Comments are always welcome!

This weather station is also a member of the following networks (ids FW2010 and KORMERRI3):

Northwest Weather on CWOP Northwest Weather on Wunderground Northwest Weather on MesoWest

Northwest Weather on the Northwest Weather Network



Sensor Photos and Specifications:

Anemometer, temp and rain sensors.

The entire weather station is visible in the above photo.

#1: The wireless anemometer/wind-direction sensor is mounted 30 feet above the ground.

#2: The wireless temperature/humidity sensor is mounted 5 feet above the ground on the side of a stairway. The main temperature/humidity used is a THGR810; a THGR801 is used for calibration.

#3: The wireless rain guage sensor is mounted 2.5 feet off the ground on a solid stump. Its accuracy is compromised by a 50-foot tree 20 feet away, and the house walls 10-15 feet away.

In the foreground, the central base station is visible. This communicates with all outdoor sensors wirelessly and uploads live data to the web via a pc setup. It contains the indoor temperature and humidity sensors, and the barometric pressure sensor.